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Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… (Halliwell). In Chaucer's time sloppis meant a kind of breeches. "Slops" in the present day is the vulgar term for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… he was closer to leather-craftsmen such as shoemakers, breeches-makers, and a few glovers, who in the 17th century …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… were used to make various articles of APPAREL such as BREECHES, DOUBLETs, HATs, JACKETs and WAISTCOATs. Trinder …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were six manufacturers, of whom three also made leather breeches and one was principally a draper; another man was a specialist breeches maker. 29 In 1807 the demand for breeches was said to have declined but output of gloves had …